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cbayer

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26. I wasn't talking about you and haven't seen you do this.

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 04:10 PM

Jan 2012

I do want to hear counter arguments and I do think further about them.

However, I do not want to be insulted. Responding to the substance of a post is one thing. Starting to drill someone in order to back them into a corner quite another. When debate becomes blood sport where winning the point is more important than the point itself, I am not interested. Others are. They can have it.

It's a total Catch-22, as well. Members who decide to end the discussion because they feel that it is becoming personalized and that they are being attacked are then accused of being unable to continue because of some defect on their part. If they choose to stay and defend themselves and their position, the person they are talking to will up they insults. It's not just my perception. It's why a lot of members avoid this group like the plague. If a person points out that they feel insulted, they are told that it's not insulting (which is ironic in light of the "militant" thread in A/A right now) and that you just have some kind of personal problem or weakness.

Screw that.

Anyway

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GODSQUAD: Science, religion each teach valuable truths [View all] ZombieHorde Jan 2012 OP

yes, reconciling that pesky 'relationship between religion and science' again Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #1

Preacher-man's gotta pay the rent, too! xfundy Jan 2012 #2

This is how I look at it. cbayer Jan 2012 #3

Is that not EXACTLY the God of the Gaps argument? darkstar3 Jan 2012 #4

Call it whatever you want. cbayer Jan 2012 #5

And is your "god" always evolving? skepticscott Jan 2012 #6

I don't know the answer to your questions. cbayer Jan 2012 #7

Have you ruled out the possibility that there being no god whatsoever skepticscott Jan 2012 #13

and the "god" in that new room is smaller and less consequential each time. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #8

As I said, darkstar, everytime I open a door, I walk into a new room cbayer Jan 2012 #10

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." darkstar3 Jan 2012 #11

Swith to insults. So predictable. cbayer Jan 2012 #12

I don't see an insult in the post you responded to. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #14

A switch to victim status skepticscott Jan 2012 #18

I don't know how you read an insult into darkstar's post EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #23

This is how I see it. cbayer Jan 2012 #24

I can only speak for myself edhopper Jan 2012 #25

I wasn't talking about you and haven't seen you do this. cbayer Jan 2012 #26

Well I hope you think about some of the thoughtful response to your posts. edhopper Jan 2012 #27

I do think about some of the thoughtful responses and I appreciate cbayer Jan 2012 #29

There is a safe space. In fact, there are 9 of them. darkstar3 Jan 2012 #28

I don't dislike you and I don't want you to go away. cbayer Jan 2012 #30

This is called God of the Gaps edhopper Jan 2012 #15

I'm not making an argument, you see, so it doens't matter to me whether this is a cbayer Jan 2012 #16

Uh, yes you are skepticscott Jan 2012 #19

I use the term argument as a POV, not a conflict. edhopper Jan 2012 #20

I am constantly rethinking it from a different perspective. cbayer Jan 2012 #21

But can you let go of ideas edhopper Jan 2012 #22

Religion did teach me a lot of things. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2012 #9

hmmm edhopper Jan 2012 #17